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and we're left to wonder how many similar acts of courage go unrecorded every day in syria. and how many innocents are lost. arwa damon, cnn, allepo. >> just incredible reporting. as the ground fighting continues, the united states has announced that it's going to provide $14 million for emergency supplies and medical carry to help the syrians through what's coming that very cold winter ahead. and those supplies include things like plastic insulation boots, something as simple as that, and also nutritional items. ♪ ooh baby, can i do for you today? ♪ [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? align can help. only align has bifantis, a patented probiotic that naturally helps maintain your digestive balance. try align to help retain a balanced digestive system. try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended probiotic. align. it's lots of things. all waking up. ♪ becoming part of the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ trees will talk to networks will talk to scientists about climate change. cars will talk to road sensors will talk to
and we're left to wonder how many similar acts of courage go unrecorded every day in syria. and how many innocents are lost. arwa damon, cnn, allepo. >> just incredible reporting. as the ground fighting continues, the united states has announced that it's going to provide $14 million for emergency supplies and medical carry to help the syrians through what's coming that very cold winter ahead. and those supplies include things like plastic insulation boots, something as simple as that,...
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. >>> the already dire situation in syria may be taking on an even more disturbing turn. there's word that president bashar al assad may be thinking about using chemical weapons and more specifically nerve gas against his own people. an nbc report shows video it says depicts the syrian military loaning components for air gas into aerial bombs. those could be bombs that might be dropped from warplanes onto the innocent syrian people below but they say they would never do that to their own people though we have been seeing what they have been doing to their own people for the last year and a half now. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is leading a new u.s. diplomatic push on syria holding talks in dublin, ireland, today. let me begin with you. including this distressing nbc news report, what and how much do we know about al assad's movements at this point? >> reporter: there have been concerns for months. the u.s. reiterated for quite some time if assad did anything with those chemical weapons and utilize them in any way, theat would be a red line that brought on conse
. >>> the already dire situation in syria may be taking on an even more disturbing turn. there's word that president bashar al assad may be thinking about using chemical weapons and more specifically nerve gas against his own people. an nbc report shows video it says depicts the syrian military loaning components for air gas into aerial bombs. those could be bombs that might be dropped from warplanes onto the innocent syrian people below but they say they would never do that to their...
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the president of syria. and he assures them that there's no use intended and it is not a problem and, so, you kind of have two messages coming from the russians but you would have to say they're very much opposed to that and a lot of concern. >> so do they then -- do the russians believe assad when he assures them that he won't? and, are there new sign that is the russians might be waivering in their support of assad? >> reporter: you know, it's thoohard to say whether they believe it. you have to say at least on the surface they're saying we are taking him at his word that he wouldn't use them. and they also say, president putin said, there's no way that syria is going to attack other countries, specifically turkey. because they're in enough of a problem with their internal conflict. but, you know, i do think that the very interesting development, brooke, is that it appear that is the russians really are now moving toward re-evaluating that idea, that assad can survive. and you just have to look at what is
the president of syria. and he assures them that there's no use intended and it is not a problem and, so, you kind of have two messages coming from the russians but you would have to say they're very much opposed to that and a lot of concern. >> so do they then -- do the russians believe assad when he assures them that he won't? and, are there new sign that is the russians might be waivering in their support of assad? >> reporter: you know, it's thoohard to say whether they believe...
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. >>> to syria now and heightened concerns of the chemical weapons. secretary of state hillary clinton is in prague today and she issued this warning. >> we have made our views very clear. this is a red line for the united states. i'm not going to telegraph in any specifics what we would do in the event of credible evidence that the assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people but suffice it to say we are certainly planning to take action if that eventuality were to occur. >> sir why's foreign ministry issued a statement on syrian tv saying they would not use chemical weapons against syrian people. cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara starr live in new york with us. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> how much faith can we put in the syrian government spokesperson and suggestsiing tt the people of syria are safe from chemical weapons. >> there is a new wrinkle here. in the last couple of days u.s. intelligence has got information that the syrian regime is moving its chemical weapons around. that basically, it looks
. >>> to syria now and heightened concerns of the chemical weapons. secretary of state hillary clinton is in prague today and she issued this warning. >> we have made our views very clear. this is a red line for the united states. i'm not going to telegraph in any specifics what we would do in the event of credible evidence that the assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people but suffice it to say we are certainly planning to take action if that...
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ivan watson is in northern syria for us. i spoke with him about this mass execution just this afternoon. >> i understand there's a bit of a back story with this execution. something about the shooting victims double crossing the rebels. can you tell me more about that? >> reporter: what the rebels have been telling the us is that family who many people in this region know about them. they're a large and power family associated with the assad regime and accused of organizing a p - pro-government malitia. these family fighters killed 11 of their fighters in an eastern neighborhood of aleppo earlier on monday. it seems that on tuesday the rebels were up for revenge and wounded up a bunch of these clan members and beat them up. they are admitting that they investigating them. they judged them and then executed them for what they said were crimes against the syrian people. they are not denying that the rebels carried out extrajudicial killings on the side of the battlefield. >> you're saying this is one family and you use the wor
ivan watson is in northern syria for us. i spoke with him about this mass execution just this afternoon. >> i understand there's a bit of a back story with this execution. something about the shooting victims double crossing the rebels. can you tell me more about that? >> reporter: what the rebels have been telling the us is that family who many people in this region know about them. they're a large and power family associated with the assad regime and accused of organizing a p -...
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they escaped with their lives. 120 others were killed today in syria. internet and cell phone coverage have been restored in most of syria after a blackout thursday crippled communications. syria's bloody civil war started about 20 months ago. ravaging the food supply for many families. time now to count your blessings as you look at this. now hungry children are fighting for their next meal. cnn's arwa damon takes a closer look at the struggle to feed syria's children. >> reporter: elbowing, shoving, anything just to get a ladle full of cracked wheat. you will all get some, you will all get some, one of the neighborhood volunteers shouts, before realizing it's not the case. they would all get some, but there isn't any left, as he scrapes the bottom of the pot. they try to desperately grasp small bags overhead. another volunteer can't fire the falafel fast enough. there are six to seven of us in the neighborhood who are collecting money to help feed the poor children, he explains. it is not much, but it is all they can do to ease the burden on the paren
they escaped with their lives. 120 others were killed today in syria. internet and cell phone coverage have been restored in most of syria after a blackout thursday crippled communications. syria's bloody civil war started about 20 months ago. ravaging the food supply for many families. time now to count your blessings as you look at this. now hungry children are fighting for their next meal. cnn's arwa damon takes a closer look at the struggle to feed syria's children. >> reporter:...
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. >>> the president of syria and u.n. special envoy kofi annan spoke face to face against today in damascus. annan is the highest level diplomat to meet with president bashar al assad since syria's violent uprising started a year ago. the former u.n. secretary general annan asked for a cease-fire and wants syria to allow relief agencies access to people caught in the fighting. >> i've been here for a very short period. almost everyone i met wants peace. they want the violence to stop. they want to move on with their lives. >> while the two men talked peace in damascus, violence raged across syria. opposition activists say at least 25 people were killed in fighting today. >>> hundreds gather in japan today marking the one-year anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. nearly 16,000 people died in the disaster. another 3,000 are still missing. cnn's kyung lah shows us one city one year later. >> reporter: this is one area, still burying the scars of when the tsunami roared ashore a year ago. there is so much rebu
. >>> the president of syria and u.n. special envoy kofi annan spoke face to face against today in damascus. annan is the highest level diplomat to meet with president bashar al assad since syria's violent uprising started a year ago. the former u.n. secretary general annan asked for a cease-fire and wants syria to allow relief agencies access to people caught in the fighting. >> i've been here for a very short period. almost everyone i met wants peace. they want the violence to...
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to syria. secretary panetta says in his words the latest intelligence that he has seen now raises serious concerns, he says, that bashir al assad in syria is considering using chemical weapons, so what is new from the secretary of defense is the first reference to the latest intelligence, highly classified, of course, that the administration is looking at that has led to some of these warnings from president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton. the question, of course, is what is the administration to do now? suzanne. >> how are people reacting to this news, the fact that you've got the defense secretary now what it seems to be getting closer to some of the statements we have seen about real concern over the possibility of these chemical weapons? >> yeah. i think that's exactly the point. secretary panetta going on to say, as others have, but saying it very emphatically just a few moments ago, that assad needs to know there will be consequences if he decides to use those chemical weapo
to syria. secretary panetta says in his words the latest intelligence that he has seen now raises serious concerns, he says, that bashir al assad in syria is considering using chemical weapons, so what is new from the secretary of defense is the first reference to the latest intelligence, highly classified, of course, that the administration is looking at that has led to some of these warnings from president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton. the question, of course, is what is the...
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part of a bigger battle for control of aleppo, syria's largest city. this father of four is one of the rebel fighters here. this is our country, our homes that are being destroyed, he tells us. he used to sell thread. now he runs logistics for his unit. so what he is explaining to us is that this was street to street fighting, and it took his unit quite some time to advance and right now they have the tractor here because they're trying to clear out this road so that ambulances and vehicles can begin to move through. >> blankets hang across one alleyway to block government snipers' line of sight. the shooting is coming from there, the sniper, one of the fighters points out. they take us further forward. crawling through holes punched between buildings. they're just telling us that it's because of the snipers that they have to move through the various buildings like this. it's an urban version of first world war trenches. they etched forward by just one block. going any further is back breaking work. a rebel dashes down the street carrying a makeshift r
part of a bigger battle for control of aleppo, syria's largest city. this father of four is one of the rebel fighters here. this is our country, our homes that are being destroyed, he tells us. he used to sell thread. now he runs logistics for his unit. so what he is explaining to us is that this was street to street fighting, and it took his unit quite some time to advance and right now they have the tractor here because they're trying to clear out this road so that ambulances and vehicles can...
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. >> cnn goes inside syria. witnesses this man crawling on his stomach just to save this woman's life. she had been shot by a sniper. you will see what happens next. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. be prepared. a massive cyber attack may be coming and the target? your cash. plus in his last weeks in congress, dennis kucinich demanding president obama give up secrets about drone attacks. he joins me live. >> it's 30,000 square feet. >> so long, hollywood. america's got a new hot spot for movies in the deep south. >> good to be with you. -iment brooke baldwin. i want to begin with a cnn exclusive. this is tough to watch, but the pictures speak volumes about what the syrian civil war is doing to its own people. this is about this teenager who defies the basic survival instinct, running away from a hail of bullets. oh, no. instead this young man who used to work in a bakery decides to crawl into the gunfire to try to save a stranger's life. this is a reality for so many syrians every single day. here's cnn, but
. >> cnn goes inside syria. witnesses this man crawling on his stomach just to save this woman's life. she had been shot by a sniper. you will see what happens next. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. be prepared. a massive cyber attack may be coming and the target? your cash. plus in his last weeks in congress, dennis kucinich demanding president obama give up secrets about drone attacks. he joins me live. >> it's 30,000 square feet. >> so long, hollywood. america's got a...
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we'll talk more about military options in syria. iran appears to be playing a dangerous cat and mouse game two western diplomats are telling cnn they are concerned about what's going on at the military base. the diplomats say they've seen at lite imj imagines that show iran trying to clean up the sight before the inspectors come in. they are also worried iran may be working on triggers for nuclear weapons. not a good sign. the number of people now filing for unemployment benefits for the first time went up last week. that's 8,000 more than the prior week. economists thought the number would go down. if you're checking your account with wells fargo, get ready to pay for it. the bank now eliminating free checking. wells far jgo started charging $11 a month. now it's taking on six more states. the states are getting the new fees. they are georgia, new jersey, new york, delaware, connecticut and pennsylvania. cindy mccain, senator mccain's wife is weighing in on the new movie about sarah palin. film airs this weekend on hbo. mccain told
we'll talk more about military options in syria. iran appears to be playing a dangerous cat and mouse game two western diplomats are telling cnn they are concerned about what's going on at the military base. the diplomats say they've seen at lite imj imagines that show iran trying to clean up the sight before the inspectors come in. they are also worried iran may be working on triggers for nuclear weapons. not a good sign. the number of people now filing for unemployment benefits for the first...
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. >>> now to the conflict in syria. shelling continuing to cross the syrian turkish border for the fifth day now. this morning turkey fired four retaliatory shells into serbia. the shells landed very close to a border town. leon panetta described his concern about this recent development. 100 people have been killed in the violence across syria today. >>> the second round of debates gets under way this week, but it won't be the men on the top of the tickets, it's the vice presidential candidates on the stage this thursday. cnn's political editor paul steinhauser is here with each side's strategy. >> hey, fred. foreign policies in the campaign spotlight tomorrow when mitt romney gives what his team is billing as a big speech at the virginia military institute which happens to be in a crucial battleground state. we may hear romney criticize the president over last month's killing of the u.s. ambassador to libya. >> we face a time when there is item u tumult in the middle east and other parts of america and people are aski
. >>> now to the conflict in syria. shelling continuing to cross the syrian turkish border for the fifth day now. this morning turkey fired four retaliatory shells into serbia. the shells landed very close to a border town. leon panetta described his concern about this recent development. 100 people have been killed in the violence across syria today. >>> the second round of debates gets under way this week, but it won't be the men on the top of the tickets, it's the vice...
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what syria's president said to peace leaders today. kofi annan has now arrived in iran as part of his strategy to end the oodshed in syria. he met earlier today with syrian president assad. afterward he said assad has agreed to what he is calling an approach to ending the violence. no details as to what that might entail. absolutely no letup in the violence meantime. activists say 30 people have died today alone across syria as the government continues its crackdown. i talked about syria with the senior fellow in arab politics for the washington institute in policy and i asked why u.s. officials continue to insist assad's days are numbered but nothing seems to change. >> we had an opportunity to be straight forward about this in geneva. we didn't do that. the answer to the question is a lot more people have to die according to washington's position in syria before there is any firmer stance. i think in the end assad will go. i think it is going to be much longer than we thought. the problem about this is yes a lot of syrians will die.
what syria's president said to peace leaders today. kofi annan has now arrived in iran as part of his strategy to end the oodshed in syria. he met earlier today with syrian president assad. afterward he said assad has agreed to what he is calling an approach to ending the violence. no details as to what that might entail. absolutely no letup in the violence meantime. activists say 30 people have died today alone across syria as the government continues its crackdown. i talked about syria with...
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let's say we do kill assad, what does syria do to us? we wouldn't appreciate it if they did it to us. they lack the power. is it okay to kill assad because question? >> no. my point was, to raise the question of why we would be concerned about retaliation but not the concern about retaliation in the case of, let's, say, bombing in order to try to overthrow assad. in both cases seem to me the fear of retaliation is quite low. syria is not in a position to retaliate for humanitarian bombing. >> this is ultimately the point you get to toward the end of your piece which is, if the u.s. were to kill assad, what does that get it? you write it might not do so good. kill assad and some brother, cousin or other general might take over where he left off. the conclusion of your article is what? don't bother killing him. >> why it's publicly acceptable in america to wage humanitarian war in syria, in which we would drop bombs on assad soldiers but not acceptable to discuss killing him. seems to me there's a contradiction there. >> i tweeted your pie
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ncht first, i want to begin with syria. the former prime minister saying the regime he helped lead is on the verge of collapse but deadly violence showing no signs of slowing. opposition groups say 70 people have been killed across zir ya tod syria. the relentless shelling is adding to the misery. defense secretary leon panetta and martin dempsey were asked whether al qaeda might be playing a role in this violence. >> there have been reports that al qaeda is present but not aligned with the opposition. i think it's on that basis that they are trying to find end roads into syria but not aligned with the opposition in the way the iranian influence is aligning with the regime. >> he insists the syria regime is falling apart. he says he knows this because he saw it firsthand. >> translator: i can confirm given my experience and the position i had that the regimes moral and military has completely collapsed. it's only in control of no more than 30% of syrian lands. >> reports coming out of syria reveal the troubling and even hor
ncht first, i want to begin with syria. the former prime minister saying the regime he helped lead is on the verge of collapse but deadly violence showing no signs of slowing. opposition groups say 70 people have been killed across zir ya tod syria. the relentless shelling is adding to the misery. defense secretary leon panetta and martin dempsey were asked whether al qaeda might be playing a role in this violence. >> there have been reports that al qaeda is present but not aligned with...
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big development in syria. rebels are saying the syrian vice president has defected and they are trying to get him out of the country and into nearby jordan. observers view him as more powerful than the syrian prime minister who also recently fled the regime. syrian state tv did not say whether he had indeed defected but made a statement saying he would never think of leaving the homeland. some of the heaviest fighting in syria in the past couple days has been in the city of aleppo. ben wedeman says he was in aleppo visiting a rebel controlled hospital when it came under air attack from the syrian forces. we do want to caution you here, the story does contain some very graphic images. [ speaking in other language ] >> reporter: 12-year-old muhammad screams out in fear and pain. shrapnel ripped through his right leg in an air id on the hospital in aleppo's shah district. three passersby including muhammad were wounded in the attack. the task of treating the wounded here, harder by the day, this nurse tells me. >
big development in syria. rebels are saying the syrian vice president has defected and they are trying to get him out of the country and into nearby jordan. observers view him as more powerful than the syrian prime minister who also recently fled the regime. syrian state tv did not say whether he had indeed defected but made a statement saying he would never think of leaving the homeland. some of the heaviest fighting in syria in the past couple days has been in the city of aleppo. ben wedeman...
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syria is running out of friends. the government of assad two years deep into war with its own people never had many allies to begin with. today russia's support of syria is cracking. for the first time a senior russian official has says publicly syria could likely fall to the rebels. the deputy foreign minister in moscow said we need to look at the facts in the eye. we can't exclude a victory by the opposition. the russians have blocked all u.n. security council resolutions aimed at stopping the civil war in syria. they have vetoed sanctions against the assad regime and provided weapons to government troops fighting the rebels. now their most powerful ally says assad might be losing. they're not alone. head of nato today said this. irng the regime in damascus is approaching collapse. i think now it is only a question of time. but those people, they're the politicians, want to see the real side of syria's civil war, the streets where people are caught up in the crossfire dying there. what you're about to say you can o
syria is running out of friends. the government of assad two years deep into war with its own people never had many allies to begin with. today russia's support of syria is cracking. for the first time a senior russian official has says publicly syria could likely fall to the rebels. the deputy foreign minister in moscow said we need to look at the facts in the eye. we can't exclude a victory by the opposition. the russians have blocked all u.n. security council resolutions aimed at stopping...
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i don't think anyone in syria believes it. there's zero chance that the united states is doipg anything like this. it's always clear it's a reaction to president obama's very tough warning to the syrians. that they shouldn't even think about using chemical weapons. >> i'm curious only because there is this report now that united states is employed military contractors on the ground. i think in turkey and jordan, but also inside syria, to help opposition members. should they get their hands on some of these chemical weapons to a, secure them, and b, protect them and c, to do whatever else with them. could that be the catalyst for what syrians are saying and might there be a monocal of truth to their concern if we are in there trying to make sure those chemical weapons do or don't go where they're supposed? >> i think that's possible, but i would guess that it would be very difficult for the opposition forces to get to the chemical weapons. these are held by the most elite of the elite in the syrian army. the army still remains
i don't think anyone in syria believes it. there's zero chance that the united states is doipg anything like this. it's always clear it's a reaction to president obama's very tough warning to the syrians. that they shouldn't even think about using chemical weapons. >> i'm curious only because there is this report now that united states is employed military contractors on the ground. i think in turkey and jordan, but also inside syria, to help opposition members. should they get their...
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this gets me to our latest reporting out of syria. we've been hearing from him all week. nick will take us inside a hospital where injured people have been going in droves even though the hospital itself is under siege. again, have to warn you these stories are very, very, very tough to look at. it's so important for us to see them. take a look. >> reporter: the hospital is where many in aleppo run where they are caught by the constant shelling. even though the hospital and the area around it have also been fired upon. this part of the hospital receives many civilians flooding here for treatment. some of them very young. doctors telling us the children's hospital has been closed by the government. some terrified. some starving. he was hit by sharpnal. he is quiet. his thigh bone is shattered. doctors have to choice but to send him across the front lines to the government hospital hoping that those who hurt him can also heal him. president bashar al-assad is history in the mind of locals but his regime still has the best hospitals where one hospital works during the day be
this gets me to our latest reporting out of syria. we've been hearing from him all week. nick will take us inside a hospital where injured people have been going in droves even though the hospital itself is under siege. again, have to warn you these stories are very, very, very tough to look at. it's so important for us to see them. take a look. >> reporter: the hospital is where many in aleppo run where they are caught by the constant shelling. even though the hospital and the area...
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it's one of the most dangerous places in syria right now. you can join us tomorrow night as arwa gives us an eye-opening account. "72 hours under fire" tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> israeli rockets killed at least 15 palestinians, 22 people were injured in this southeast of attacks. israeli forces say they're targeting people who are part of a terror infrastructure and they say they're responding to several palestinian rocket strikes in southern israeli communities. one of the people killed has by identified as a hamas military lead jeer in moscow thousands of people turned out to protest against the man who will be their new president. vladimir putin won his third term as president last wecht but the opposition says that the vote was rigged. military police and security officers are keeping a close watch on the demonstrations. putin will be inaugurated as president in may. >>> scary and confusing, that's how one passenger describes what happened onboard an american airlines flight in dallas yesterday. as the plane was taxiing dow
it's one of the most dangerous places in syria right now. you can join us tomorrow night as arwa gives us an eye-opening account. "72 hours under fire" tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> israeli rockets killed at least 15 palestinians, 22 people were injured in this southeast of attacks. israeli forces say they're targeting people who are part of a terror infrastructure and they say they're responding to several palestinian rocket strikes in southern israeli...
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too much dangerous here in syria with camera. but when i finish with revolution, i catch the camera like this, and i throw it. >> difficult to watch but also important to watch. we'll be right back. moving mu. but things are starting to turn around because of business people like you. and regions is here to help. with the experience and service to keep things rolling. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. ari'm fine.y, babe? ♪ ♪ ♪ with a subaru you can always find a way. announcer: love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> on college football's first weekend, three teams are making a case for why they will win it all. alabama wants a third title in four years. lsu aims to return to the top. usc is ready to roll. i must disclose that i have two kids at usc, so i'm rooting for the trojans. >> it's a good college. >> listen to this. >> that's what they say. what people at ucla say. i went to indiana university. we barely have
too much dangerous here in syria with camera. but when i finish with revolution, i catch the camera like this, and i throw it. >> difficult to watch but also important to watch. we'll be right back. moving mu. but things are starting to turn around because of business people like you. and regions is here to help. with the experience and service to keep things rolling. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get...
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economic recovery. >>> now to syria. rebel forces and the syrian military are battling it out in the city of homs today. explosions and gunfire could be heard most of the morning, and there are also reports of increased anti-government activity in the capital of damascus. and dozens have been killed around the country. the opposition also says doctors are being detained to prevent them from treating the wounded. despite the violence, russia says it will never agree a foreign intervention in syria. >>> back in this country, thousands are people sickened in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks are hailing a federal recommendation that could make them eligible for compensation. the ruling could add 50 types of cancers to the list of sicknesses covered by a $4 billion fund available to 9/11 victims. those eligible are first responders, and people living near all three 9/11 sdamp sites, the world trade center, the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania. >>> and horse racing fans who were looking for history to be made today at b
economic recovery. >>> now to syria. rebel forces and the syrian military are battling it out in the city of homs today. explosions and gunfire could be heard most of the morning, and there are also reports of increased anti-government activity in the capital of damascus. and dozens have been killed around the country. the opposition also says doctors are being detained to prevent them from treating the wounded. despite the violence, russia says it will never agree a foreign...
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military's official stance on action in syria? >> well, you know, the obama administration has been taking the lead on working the diplomatic frant, diplomat ic front, if you will, what they have been doing for months and months for now is trying to get assad to go by putting diplomatic pressure on, to a large extent, working through russia, obviously, which is one of assad's last allies, a lot of chat out there could assad get asign lum somewhere, something like that. by all accounts they have been willing to continue with the diplomatic track until this development. now, we're not saying there is going to be military action, but certainly the military planning, being updated, the options being updated, because now of this movement of chemical weapons, and a very good understanding, they tell us, of the locations of where they are, and the intent, possible intent to use them, that's what's leading to this potential change in something that everyone is concerned about. it is why you saw president obama warning assad so stride endl
military's official stance on action in syria? >> well, you know, the obama administration has been taking the lead on working the diplomatic frant, diplomat ic front, if you will, what they have been doing for months and months for now is trying to get assad to go by putting diplomatic pressure on, to a large extent, working through russia, obviously, which is one of assad's last allies, a lot of chat out there could assad get asign lum somewhere, something like that. by all accounts...
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beginning with syria. the red cross is now trying to the ci set up a cease fire between rebel forces and the government just to get aid there. a top military adviser to president obama said it would be premature for the u.s. to help arm the opposition since it doesn't appear unified. i' ivan watson reports that many syrians are desperate for outside intervention. >> reporter: he calls the uprising an orphan revolution, because unlike the revolts in europe, egypt and tanisha, they haven't received any support. >> at least 18 people have been killed today, almost 9,000 since last march. >>> if you're in virginia, you may want to stay off the roads because of scenes just like this one. here state police have responded to about a thousand car crashes just in the last 24 hours. snow late sunday left commuters facing slick and icy roads this morning. >>> and check out republican presidential candidate rick santorum's poll numbers. he is up just 10% in the last week. this is according to the latest gallup poll. m
beginning with syria. the red cross is now trying to the ci set up a cease fire between rebel forces and the government just to get aid there. a top military adviser to president obama said it would be premature for the u.s. to help arm the opposition since it doesn't appear unified. i' ivan watson reports that many syrians are desperate for outside intervention. >> reporter: he calls the uprising an orphan revolution, because unlike the revolts in europe, egypt and tanisha, they haven't...
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a russian flag cargo ship is headed toward syria and u.s. intelligence officials are watching it very closely. they believe it is carrying weapons, ammunition and some russian troops. there is a russian naval base on syria's mediterranean coast. u.s. officials say the russians are probably beefing up security at that base as the country spirals out of control. in just a few hours voters in greece will make a decision with enormous impact in europe and here in the united states as well. it is a parliamentary election to put lawmakers in office but in the end people may be choosing whether greece stays in the eurozone. one party promises to keep the euro and roll with some huge budget cuts. the other party says no to the cuts despite a risk they could be forced out of the eurozone. markets all over the world are preparing to react. it could be an ugly trading day come monday. egypt, it's election there today and tomorrow. it is a run off that will produce the first president since the fall of hosni mubarak. the egyptian military has been runni
a russian flag cargo ship is headed toward syria and u.s. intelligence officials are watching it very closely. they believe it is carrying weapons, ammunition and some russian troops. there is a russian naval base on syria's mediterranean coast. u.s. officials say the russians are probably beefing up security at that base as the country spirals out of control. in just a few hours voters in greece will make a decision with enormous impact in europe and here in the united states as well. it is a...
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. >>> they say living underground in aleppo, syria, is like living in a grave. we'll hear from a family that's caught in the middle of the violence. again? it's embarrassing it's embarrassing! we can see you carl. we can totally see you. come on you're better than this...all that prowling around. yeah, you're the king of the jungle. have you thought about going vegan carl? hahaha!! you know folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. how happy are they jimmy? happier than antelope with night-vision goggles. nice! get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. social security are just numbers thinkin a budget.d... well, we worked hard for those benefits. we earned them. and if washington tries to cram decisions about the future... of these programs into a last minute budget deal... we'll all pay the price. aarp is fighting to protect seniors with responsible... solutions that strengthen medicare and... social security for generations to come. we can do better than a last minute deal... that would hurt al
. >>> they say living underground in aleppo, syria, is like living in a grave. we'll hear from a family that's caught in the middle of the violence. again? it's embarrassing it's embarrassing! we can see you carl. we can totally see you. come on you're better than this...all that prowling around. yeah, you're the king of the jungle. have you thought about going vegan carl? hahaha!! you know folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. how happy are they...
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we start with new action right now in syria. a clash between rebel forces and the syrian military unfolding in the flashpoint city of homs. homs has been the anti-epicenter for the last 15 months. joining me now from beirut, lebanon, is cnn's arwa damon. i know you've been to the area. tell us what we're seeing. >> reporter: yeah. it's some pretty intense video. this is a neighborhood that was under the control of the opposition of the free syrian party for quite some time now, and it is right up against a front line, one of many front lines in the city where on the other side of one of the major roads you have government forces. we were recently broadcasting some pretty intense images of the battles that took place along ta front line and it is an aarea that frequently comes under intense violence, but what you're seeing today is more. it certainly seems, if we look at the violence throughout the country, the government is renewing its effort to try to regain control over these areas that are in the hands of the free syrian arm
we start with new action right now in syria. a clash between rebel forces and the syrian military unfolding in the flashpoint city of homs. homs has been the anti-epicenter for the last 15 months. joining me now from beirut, lebanon, is cnn's arwa damon. i know you've been to the area. tell us what we're seeing. >> reporter: yeah. it's some pretty intense video. this is a neighborhood that was under the control of the opposition of the free syrian party for quite some time now, and it is...
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. >>> now to syria. at least 100 have been killed and allepo is a city under assume. >> reporter: after six days of fighting urks opposition activists said helicopter gun shirps were flying over the city which is syria's commercial hub. there were also reports that syrian military reinforcements had arrived there and that tanks, security forces and armored vehicles were roaming the streets. by later in the day, anti-government demonstrations were also being reported in the a when poe s allepo suburbs. opposition activisted reported explosions have rocked several neighborhoods and rebel forces had also battled there. one amateur video reports to show a helicopter as it fires on a residential neighborhood. you can see the smoke rising from the she willllshelling. shelling also reporteded in homs province. you can matter what sounds like incoming missiles and the strikes after which you see smoke rising up. local coordination committees says more than 16,000 people have been killed in the conflict in serial
. >>> now to syria. at least 100 have been killed and allepo is a city under assume. >> reporter: after six days of fighting urks opposition activists said helicopter gun shirps were flying over the city which is syria's commercial hub. there were also reports that syrian military reinforcements had arrived there and that tanks, security forces and armored vehicles were roaming the streets. by later in the day, anti-government demonstrations were also being reported in the a when...
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let's start with syria. what should the u.s. do about syria? if we don't do anything, al qaeda is already there sowing the seeds of their influence. do we intervene, do we stay on the sidelines? romney won't say what he would do if he put boots on the ground, but he continues to say the president has done too little. >> obama's argument, if, in fact, it comes up, we're coming off two wars in american history where the standard question is not when will we win, but when can we leave? romney is going to challenge him and he's going to say, and the great strength and weakness of the romney foreign agenda is he's got to counteract the presidency. we don't know what mitt romney will do or not, so he can basically say to the president, look, you need to arm me the rebels. you need to seriously consider a no fly zone, but there is a trap there for the governor because that takes america down a road away from the reality that the domestic economy is going to be the key issue. so that's one. israel is another key issue, and here i think the romney campa
let's start with syria. what should the u.s. do about syria? if we don't do anything, al qaeda is already there sowing the seeds of their influence. do we intervene, do we stay on the sidelines? romney won't say what he would do if he put boots on the ground, but he continues to say the president has done too little. >> obama's argument, if, in fact, it comes up, we're coming off two wars in american history where the standard question is not when will we win, but when can we leave?...
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meantime, violence continues in syria as leaders of the international community forge an agreement to try to bring peace to the nation. those reports next. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in our teachers. let's solve this. >>> 16 months ago egyptians came together to overthrow a dictator former president hosni mubarak. today they celebrated the inauguration of his replacement. mohamed morsi was sworn in as egypt's first democratically elected president. morsi was the candidate of the muslim brotherhood. it is not clear just how much power the president holds. some of morsi's supporters want a confrontation with the military which dissolved parliament after a ruling by the courts. speaking after his inauguration president morsi said, quote, the blood bath in syria must be stopped. it's hard to see that happening when violence like this is still going on. that was a bomb hitting a funeral in a suburb of damascus. the cr
meantime, violence continues in syria as leaders of the international community forge an agreement to try to bring peace to the nation. those reports next. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in our teachers. let's solve this. >>> 16 months ago egyptians came together to overthrow a dictator former president hosni mubarak....
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let's get to work. >>> let's return to syria now. months of civil war taking a terrible toll on families. especially those living along the frontlines. people who don't have enough money to get away. in a piece you'll only see on cnn, our arwa damon caught up with families who have just returned to the hard-hit city of aleppo. >> reporter: they are home again, but they are cold and broke and still in danger. about one-third of the families who fled the neighborhood of aleppo have come back only to find out that these streets are now on the frontlines. if the regime can retake, it can cut off the main artery for opposition forces in aleppo and reopen a route to the airport. on a nearby hilltop, the neighborhood. the rebels used to control that as well, but lost it a month ago. the battle lines here are constantly fluid and snipers are a constant threat. a frontline is visible just through here, and we can barely make out three bodies. the rebel fighters are telling us that there are two male and one female. there were five. they manag
let's get to work. >>> let's return to syria now. months of civil war taking a terrible toll on families. especially those living along the frontlines. people who don't have enough money to get away. in a piece you'll only see on cnn, our arwa damon caught up with families who have just returned to the hard-hit city of aleppo. >> reporter: they are home again, but they are cold and broke and still in danger. about one-third of the families who fled the neighborhood of aleppo have...